malt floor

The floor of an oast or malt-dry. ing room. "Empty the corn from the cistern into the malt -floor." -Mortimer: Husbandry. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; it to house it green it will mow-burn *3. To drink malt liquor. "On principle never malted ."- Hood : Mi Kilmansegg. *mal-ta-lent, *male-ta-lent, s. [O. Fr.] 1. Ill-humor, ill-will, spleen, spite. "In him bewrayed great grudge and maltalent." Spenser: F. Q., III. iv. 61 2. An evil inclination. Mâl-tēşe', a. & 8. [Eng. Malt (a); -ese .] A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to the island of Malta, or its inhabitants. B. As subst.: A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta. heads meeting at the points; the badge of the Knights of Malta. The eight points of this cro are said to symbolize the eight beatitudes. Maltese-cro , s. A cro formed of four arrow Maltese-dog, Maltese-terrier, s . A small variety of spaniel, with long, silky hair, most frequently white. The muzzle is round. Maltese-mushroom, s . Bot.: Cynomorium coccineum . măl-tha, s. [Gr. malthe =soft wax.] *1. Ord . Lang .: Mortar. Maltese cro . 2. Min .: According to Pliny, this name was used for an inflammable mud which flowed from a pool at Samosata, Comma gene, North Syria, and resembling naphtha. It has since been used to designate the viscid bitumens. Dana includes it among his Pittoliums. mal-tha-çite, s. [ Gr malthakos =soft; Ger. malthacit, malthazit, maltazit.] Min.: A variety of Smectite (q. v.), occurring in thin lam inæ, or scales, among blocks of weathered basalt, at Steindörfel, Lausitz, Germany.